A huge block of wood is floating on seawater, with 60 percent of its total volume completely submerged. Using this observation, what is the density of the wood? Let the density of seawater be 1.03 x 10 3 kg m3

A huge block of wood is floating on seawater, with 60 percent of its total volume completely submerged. Using this observation, what is the density of the wood? Let the density of seawater be 1.03 x 10 3 kg m3

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Chapter14: Fluid Mechanics

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A huge block of wood is floating on seawater, with
60 percent of its total volume completely
submerged. Using this observation, what is the
density of the wood? Let the density of seawater
be 1.03 × 103 kg
m3
kg
1.03 × 103-
m3
Cannot be determined since the mass of wood is
not given.
1.71 × 10³ kg
m3
6.18 × 10² _kg
m3

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